IN RE BABY GIRL B.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Bloss, with whom was Barbara J. Ruhe, for the appellants in the first case (proposed intervenors).

Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, with whom were Linda Pearce Prestley and Susan T. Pearlman, assistant attorneys general, for the appellant in the second case (petitioner).

Angelica Anaya-Allen, with whom were Shelley White and, on the brief, Linda Oechsle, for the appellee in both cases (respondent mother).

Sara R. Martin, with whom was Marion Fay, for the minor child.

Robert Whitman and Kelly A. Peters filed a brief as amici curiae.

JoNel Newman, Paul Chill, Tanina Rostain, Nancy Erickson, Laurie Woods and Alice Bussiere filed a brief for the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union et al. as amici curiae.

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, BORDEN, BERDON and NORCOTT, JS.